WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Block User Account < 2.0.1 - Subscriber+ Account Block Bypass via Application Passwords

Description

The plugin does not enforce its account block on every authentication path, allowing a blocked user who holds an application password created before the block to retain their full role-level read and write access through the REST API.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 2.0.1

References

Classification

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Original Researcher
Farid Narimanov
Submitter
Farid Narimanov
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Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-08-06 (about 4 days ago)
Added
2026-08-06 (about 3 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-06 (about 3 days ago)

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